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Yeah, It's not the smoking that is difficult to stop, it is the break time that smoking provides me when I am getting overwhelmed. The little hit of dopamine they give doesn't hurt, either. :) If I weren't working, I probably would quit in a relatively short amount of time. Without those little...

Funny thing. . .my doctor and wife and everyone have always said anything they could to get me to stop smoking. . .that is, they did until after I checked myself into crisis center because I couldn't function anymore. Now, when I mention quitting smoking, they say things like, "Are you sure...

Hi Lina, It can take 2-6 weeks before you begin feeling the effects of a new prescription. Meanwhile, if your doctor had you completely stop your previous med without slowly lowering dosage, you may want to consult him/her again and verify. One of the things to really be careful of with...

I'm a big fan, too.

It does leave you lingering, but if you can find a way to make that OK for now, it might help. One thing that I did, that you should probably talk to your therapist first before doing, is I just started doing some research online about both sides of the issue. There is definitely some...

I guess I should have said open, but skeptical, mind. But skeptical of both sides. It is terrifying and confusing and, I don't know, made me feel lost and questioning all my reality, not just the memory.

Hi missmary, I think what you are going through regarding questioning what is real is something a lot of us go through. I'm not a therapist and don't want to give bad advice, but I'll share what I did. When my first memory came I had lots of doubts about whether it was a real memory...

I arranged to start a 5-day stress vacation starting tomorrow. I think this feeling is. . .hopeful. Not sure, though. :)

Loner, I see your point, but. . .here's a real-life example of how I think educating people helps make the world a better place. My in-laws are what most of you all would call good people. When I had to check myself into a partial hospitalization program and the PTSD term started being thrown...

Wow, SheerForce. Thank You. Hope you don't mind if I use that description sometime.

Welcome to the forum, Sun. Hope you find support and safety herer.

Loner and Junebug, I understand your viewpoints very well. But wouldn't it be nice to be able to describe, in some way, what you are going through to the people who you care about? There is a long thread of silly, hurtful things that people say to us. . .usually out of ignorance. If...

. . .as for what a group of PTSDer's should be called. . . a rumble? a f(l)ight? a mob?

Apparently, if you eat a polar bear's liver, you will die of Vitamin D poisoning. Never tried it, so I can't be sure. . . :)

Thanks, Anthony. . .I now have tomorrow's entry to the thread What Did You Do For You Today??? :)

Wish granted, you catch the homing pigeon and find a note attached to its leg with the owner's name. Apparently, it was your bird the whole time and you had forgotten. I wish my kid would get obsessed with something besides Sonic the Hedgehog.

I'm enjoying my memories from the improv comedy show I performed in last night instead of feeling guilty for having fun. There is something about the stage that, after getting the first laugh, lets me forget all the anxiety and just be in the moment.

My moral/ethical system right now can be summed up pretty easily. In whatever small ways I can, leave this world a little bit better than I found it. So, I use a lot of mental energy when I am feeling healthier trying to come up with ways to explain to non-sufferers what my particular...

Catjudo, I have a 10-year-old daughter and a son just turning 7 and identify with what you are going through. . .and I don't have an easy answer for you. Our kids do need to go out in the world and deal with situations themselves in order to develop the skills many of us never have. . .but it...

Being old and snarky. . .takes a lot for me to admit that this song gets to me, but. . . Pink -- f*cking Perfect -- hits me every time I hear it. Change those voices in your head Make them like you instead.

Very often it is the whole community that accepts the action of the predators in their midst and condemns the victims. That is what seems to be happening to PF, that is what happened to victims in my religion and it is obvious that the other posters here also experienced it. It is the whole...

Hi PerfectlyFlawed, My history seems to be similar to yours. The religion I grew up in covered up for and protected for 20+ years the predator that got to me. They also treated the victims that dared report him much like you describe yourself being treated. Just wanted to let you know that you...

All of you had great responses, thank you. I think yesterday when I posted was the the first time I've ever disassociated to that extent. Your comments helped ground me, I think. Feeling more like my normal miserable self today. :) REST is coming, just have to make it to July 4, then 5...

Great questions. I think I mean internal value. I don't internally value money or most other physical, real world stuff. I understand the need for it, I understand that other people desire nice homes and cars and toys, but I seem to care a lot less about real world stuff than other people...

I have a good t, my wife is amazing, my workmates are understanding. All of them are doing the right things to keep me functional and productive in the real world. Keeping me functional is a good thing, my kids and spouse need me functional for monetary support, I'm needed at work to get my...